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I didn't bump anyone either. I wanted to bump. :(

I bumped two people and was driving aggressive. No black flag for me either.

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo (Post 2292348)

I've never seen a "good" indoor track. Passing on those may as well use the "wedge" maneuver.

Slide job

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Originally Posted by aniceh (Post 2292339)

I definitely see HPDE in my future. Most likely in the fall.

Good for you :) Keep me posted if you have questions.

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Originally Posted by Masa (Post 2292353)

I bumped two people and was driving aggressive. No black flag for me either.

I was super aggressive but never got to bump anyone. I did force some 3 wide moves in T1 that probably shouldn't have worked, but did.

No more HPDE's planned for a while. Maybe in the fall.

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Originally Posted by Masa (Post 2292342)

You know... there is a closer indoor track we all could go to in Dulles...

The problem with Indoor tracks is they will most likely be Electric karts, and although its 100% torque instantly, tracks are usually shorter, cars are OFTEN governed, and the weight factors you fatties are complaining about, is even More prevalent. :p But I'd still be up for going.

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo (Post 2292345)

Precisely. And you met and exceeded the limits of the kart, so this really is the same as an off-track excursion doing the real deal. In that situation, you'd be made to come back in to the pits, too. So I feel the black flag in this situation is appropriate.

Now, I don't know what others were getting flagged for - I'd love to see footage from someone who DID get flagged, like Josh, but he had no camera. I CAN tell you, however, that I was driving quite aggressively in my traffic management, and I never even got a hint of a black flag, so aggressive driving wasn't it. I never once bumped another car, nor did I ever lose control of my car.

Ok, well then why didn't I get black flagged when I couldn't avoid hitting Dana when she spun out? I actually made contact with another car that time... Hmmm

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo (Post 2292348)

I've never seen a "good" indoor track. Passing on those may as well use the "wedge" maneuver.

Yeah I don't have any experience with any of the indoor tracks around here.
All the ones I have been to were back out west in CA. Those indoor karts were gas not electric.

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Originally Posted by XwChriswX (Post 2292362)

Ok, well then why didn't I get black flagged when I couldn't avoid hitting Dana when she spun out? I actually made contact with another car that time... Hmmm

I'm sure they deemed that unavoidable contact.

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2292357)

I was super aggressive but never got to bump anyone. I did force some 3 wide moves in T1 that probably shouldn't have worked, but did.

T1/T2 were PRIME passing opportunities. As was the long T3, because there were SO many lines for that corner!

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Originally Posted by XwChriswX (Post 2292362)

Ok, well then why didn't I get black flagged when I couldn't avoid hitting Dana when she spun out? I actually made contact with another car that time... Hmmm

That is a bit different. She spun, you didnt. I was following a steady, relatively predictable line, and you spun out behind me trying to do an early turn-in to overtake me. If there's one VERY dangerous move to do in racing, it's a hot, early turn-in.

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2292364)

I'm sure they deemed that unavoidable contact.

It was just bad. That's all.

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Originally Posted by Masa (Post 2292353)

I bumped two people and was driving aggressive. No black flag for me either.

I think this was the basis for some of the frustration. Spinning and hitting the tires are potentially dangerous, but so is bumping. If you got bumped and then spun out or hit the wall, you could get a black flag. I guess that's just life, though. Some stuff gets called, some stuff doesn't. We just gotta enjoy the times it doesn't. ;)

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo (Post 2292370)

I was following your line, we got to the traffic sooner than expected. I wasn't going to cut in on you when we already had traffic to get around.

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo (Post 2292366)

T1/T2 were PRIME passing opportunities. As was the long T3, because there were SO many lines for that corner!

Yep I did a lot of passing there. T1 was a little difficult to setup with the little kink before the braking zone, but still doable. More often than not I would set people up by getting a killer run off 2 then making it no contest into 3. A good pass starts on corner exit :)

9 and 15 worked pretty well too.